issues with QWIIC alphanumeric displays are not loading correctly in Arduino IDE.

Hey Anyone,

Im having issues with my Arduino IDE uploading to my Redboard and displaying the words at times or correctly at all. Here is the code I used off SparkFun’s website. I have two Alphanumeric displays hooked together. What could be going on?

#include <Wire.h>

#include <SparkFun_Alphanumeric_Display.h> //Click here to get the library: http://librarymanager/All#SparkFun_Qwii … ic_Display by SparkFun

HT16K33 display;

void setup() {

Serial.begin(115200);

Serial.println(“SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric - Example 8: Multi Display”);

Wire.begin(); //Join I2C bus

//check if displays will acknowledge

//The first address in the begin() function should be the left-most display, traveling to the right from there

//This is how the string will print across displays, reading from left to right.

if (display.begin(0x70, 0x71) == false)

{

Serial.println(“Device did not acknowledge! Freezing.”);

while(1);

}

Serial.println(“Displays acknowledged.”);

display.print(“WHAT UP”);

}

void loop()

{

}

What exactly are you seeing? Did you change the address of one of the alphanumeric displays?

Also: test one at a time, then if using 2 be sure to disable the i2c pull-ups on one unit if still active (only one set per i2c bus is used)